Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. Previously, the cover letter and the authors' form must be downloaded and filled in, as well as the article template to prepare the file containing the text of the manuscript.

General structure of manuscripts

Title: must be submitted in two languages (Spanish and English). The title should be made up of as many academic terms or study variables as possible to facilitate its location in search engines. Scientific names should be in italics. It should be concise, clear, relevant, interesting to the reader, conveying the main themes of the proposed study, of no more than 16 words.

Abstract: it should be presented in two languages (Spanish and English). It should be written in a single paragraph in an impersonal way with a maximum of 250 words. It should describe: the problem under investigation; the objectives; the eligibility criteria of the study (if it is a review article); the participants and their characteristics; the method used (for research articles); the main findings or results; the most important conclusions and their implications, or final reflections (for a reflection article).

Keywords: between five and seven descriptors should be presented, in Spanish and English, using the UNESCO Thesaurus as a reference.

Content: authors must comply with the structure required for the typology of their scientific contribution considering whether it is a research article, study or literature review, reflection article.

Acknowledgements: optionally, the sources of funding (if any) should be mentioned, detailing the name of the project and the number assigned to it. The acknowledgements should be written in a sober way, without exceeding 60 words.

References: these should be placed at the end of the article, in alphabetical order by the first author's surname according to APA 7th ed. It is recommended that the references used are from the last five years (≥50%) and come in a high percentage (≥75%) from current articles published in peer-reviewed journals with DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

Content structure according to the type of article

Introduction: it must contain a brief overview of the topic and the research problem, the objectives and purposes of the work and its scope, justification, analysis of other possible previous studies on the same research topic, theories that support the research, quotes and well-selected authors. It does not include data or conclusions of the work.

Materials and Methods: in research articles, the characteristics of the sample, the ethical component, the place, the period of the study, description of the approach, the research method and materials, the techniques and instruments for collecting information, the population, the sample and the process for analysing the information are rigorously presented. In quantitative research it is necessary to include information on the variables studied and the methods of measurement and statistical methodology. In reflective articles and literature reviews, this section and the Results and Discussion section are replaced by the development of the paper and may have headings and sections conveniently organised by the author according to his or her own proposed scheme.

Results and Discussion: the relevant results of the research article are reported, described and ordered. The findings should be clearly and precisely explained, complemented with tables and/or figures which are numbered correlatively as they are mentioned in the text, without repetition of data, only highlighting the most relevant in a self-explanatory manner. The results should be written in accordance with the stated objectives and in order with the methodology described. Comparisons of own results with similar studies are made, preferably citing current scientific articles. Discuss the results whether they agree or disagree with the findings of your study and highlight exceptions and points that cannot or have not yet been sufficiently clarified by the results. Suggest new research possibilities, raise ideas for new studies. The discussion should be underpinned by statistical analysis and contributions from other authors with similar studies, rather than subjective appraisals.

Conclusions: they present the fulfilment of the proposed objectives and the synthesis of the results obtained throughout the research process, avoiding repeating the numerical data found. Here the implications of the results obtained are evaluated and interpreted, especially with respect to the initial hypothesis or question. The results should be examined, interpreted and qualified, inferences made and, from these, conclusions drawn. The theoretical and practical implications of the results should be emphasised. Comments can point out similarities and differences between the results presented and the work of others. Limitations of the study should also be acknowledged.

Authors' contribution

For multi-authored articles, the contributions of each author should be specified in terms of their academic contribution to both the research and the manuscript, taking CRediT roles as a reference. Both courtesy and ghost authorship should be avoided.

It is assumed that the corresponding author, in addition to making a substantial contribution, guarantees and endorses that the claims of authorship are accurate.

Citations and bibliographical references

Sources must be correctly cited in the text, indicating in brackets the author's surname, the year of publication and the page number, if it is a textual citation: e.g. (Morales, 2016, p. 47). If the reference has more than 3 authors, cite the first one and use et al. for the rest of the authors. 

The short quotation (less than 40 words) is incorporated into the text and can be: textual (enclosed in double inverted commas), paraphrase or summary (written in its own words within the text); long textual quotation (more than 40 words) should be arranged in one line and a separate block with inverted commas omitted. Ideally, paraphrasing of quotations should be used, and credit should be given to the authors to whom the information belongs, in order to avoid plagiarism.

Since one of the purposes of the reference list is to enable the reader to retrieve and use the cited sources, the reference data must be correct, complete and in alphabetical order. Some examples are provided below for the most commonly used documents in scientific article writing (citation forms for other documents can be found in this unofficial guide).

Scientific journal article:

Surname, N. & Surname, N. (year). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume(number), p.p. DOI or URL.

Campo-Arias, A., Ceballos-Ospino, G. & Herazo-Acevedo, E. (2020). Denominaciones para trastornos mentales conocidas por estudiantes de medicina: un estudio cualitativo. IPSA Scientia, Revista científica Multidisciplinaria, 5(1), 72-78. https://doi.org/10.25214/27114406.968

Book:

Surname, N. (year). Book title (## ed.). Publisher. DOI or URL.

Cohen, N.  & Gómez, G. (2019). Metodología de la investigación, ¿para qué?: la producción de los datos y los diseños. Editorial Teseo.

Book chapter:

SurnameAuthor, N. (year). Chapter title. In N. SurnameEditor (Ed.), Title of the book (## ed., Vol. ##, pp. ###-###). Publisher. DOI or URL.

Linares Morales, J., Pitre Redondo, R. & Severiche Sierra, C. (2018). Web 2.0: un espacio para el fomento de las redes académicas. En C.A. Sánchez Martelo & H.L. Avendaño Delgado (Eds.). Investigación, desarrollo e innovación en las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (pp. 47-54). Universidad Manuela Beltrán.

Unpublished thesis:

Surname, N. (year). Title of the work [Unpublished master's/doctoral thesis]. Academic institution.

Avendaño, E. (2017). El uso de la transferencia de tecnología en el sector empresarial: de la innovación a la apropiación del saber [Tesis de maestría]. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

Laws:

Number and year of the law. Subject. Date of promulgation. Number in the Official Gazette. URL.

Ley 1286 por la cual se modifica la Ley 29 de 1990, se transforma a Colciencias en Departamento Administrativo, se fortalece el Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación en Colombia y se dictan otras disposiciones. 23 de enero de 2009. Diario Oficial de la República de Colombia, No. 47241. http://www.suin-juriscol.gov.co/viewDocument.asp?ruta=Leyes/1676840

Treatment of tables, figures and equations

The denomination of tables and figures shall be used. They must contain the title related to the research topic that is sufficiently explanatory and the origin if it does not belong to the research (author and/or source, year, page); in addition to the explanatory legend of the abbreviations or elements required for the same. Tables should have the title at the top and, in the case of figures, at the bottom.

Figures, photographs and illustrations should be sent in grayscale, avoiding the use of color whenever possible. In addition to being placed in the corresponding place in the text, they should be sent as complementary material (image type component) at the time of submission from the web site, with a recommended quality of 300 dpi, in JPEG or PNG files.

The author is responsible for acquiring the rights and/or authorisations for reproduction of images and/or figures taken from other sources.

In the case of equations, these must be numbered consecutively throughout the document. The equation number is placed in brackets to the right, as in (1), written in Times New Roman font, size 10 point. You can use Microsoft Word's equation editor if you need to display complex formulae. An example equation is as follows:

f(x) = 2n + cos(x)                                                                                                                                         (1)

Refer to the symbols, equations and theorems included in the text, using the cross-reference number (Example: As stated in (1), the value of...).

Evaluation process

All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.